BRIEF ACCURATE FACTS ABOUT THE VARIETIES 
Su77im ercrest 
parent, bnt it has set fruit well at New 
Brunswick, N. J. Any perfect flowered 
variety such as Triogem, Goldeneast or 
Sinnmercrest should prove to he satisfac¬ 
tory as a pollenizer. 
Su mm ercrest (N. J. 94) 
Early in the summer, consumers of 
peaches in the East do not, as a rule, ap¬ 
pear to object if peaches are somewhat 
tart, but in late August many persons 
seek a peach which is quite sweet and 
free from bitterness. Summercrest is a 
large oval, yellow freestone, which meets 
these requirements as it develops in New 
Jersey. It is the one yellow-fleshed peach 
that persons who always buy Belle of 
Georgia will accept and call for more. 
No one wants an Elherta after eating a 
ripe Summercrest. 
The fruit is not quite so high colored 
as Triogem, Sunliigli or Goldeneast, hut 
colors well if the trees are not too vege¬ 
tative. 
The tree is an exceptionally vigorous 
grower in the nursery and in the orchard. 
It responds to good culture like any va¬ 
riety, hut it can he made too vegetative 
by too rich or moist soil and the fruit 
may then lack high red color. In other 
words, it may he termed a good peach for 
a liglit soil and one a bit low in nitrogen. 
Some commercial growers in New Jersey 
have withheld nitrogen entirely for one 
or more seasons after the trees have at¬ 
tained bearing age. It is as hardy as J. H. 
Hale and adapted to regions similar to 
central and southern New Jersey. 
White Hale (N. J. 63) 
(U. S Plant Patent 31) 
A very large, round, firm, white-fleshed 
freestone peach of the J. H. Hale season. 
When well grown the fruit is nearly cov¬ 
ered with red. It attains its red color well 
in advance of softening, making it good 
for shipping. The quality is good but not 
so high as Goldeneast or Summercrest. 
It is highest in a rather warm and dry 
environment or where the daily maxi¬ 
mum temperatures are 85° F. or above 
when the fruit is maturing. The fruits 
ripen very slowly when the maximum 
daily temperatures are 80° F. or lower. 
The pubescence is rather short like J. H. 
Hale. The tree is more vigorous than J. 
H. Hale with rather broad and rather flat 
leaves. The flowers are of the medium 
type and are fertile, unlike the unfertile 
female parent J. H. Hale. It was obtained 
from a seed of J. H. Hale planted in 1921. 
The male parent is not known with cer¬ 
tainty but was probably Ray. It was 
awarded U. S. Plant Patent No. 31 in 
1932. It apparently succeeds best in re¬ 
gions with a climate similar to central 
New Jersey and somewhat warmer. 
White lldle 
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